Media releases

A live export ship is due to berth at Napier Port today, despite widespread calls to halt the live export trade while it is under review. According to Napier Port’s website, live export carrier Ganado Express is scheduled to berth at Napier Port today. Read more

New footage shows cows chasing after a trailer and repeatedly calling for their calves, as the baby animals are removed. This follows footage released by winter cropping campaigners, showing a calf being roughly thrown into a trailer and another one kicked. Read more

A 25,000 strong petition was presented to Parliament today, on World Animal Day, urging a total ban on the Forced Swim Test. The Forced Swim Test involves forcing small animals such as rats or mice to swim in an inescapable beaker of water until they ‘give up’ and float. Read...

The Government’s review of the live export trade ignores 99% of exported farmed animals. A Cabinet paper from Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s office on the then proposed review of the live export trade was released last week. The paper proposes five options, which include the Minister’s preferred option of a...